Automated localization of implanted seeds in 3D TRUS images used for prostate brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2404-2417

  Wei, Zhouping ^a,b   Gardi, Lori ^a   Downey, Donal B ^a,c   Fenster, Aaron ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ROYAL INLAND HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound guided brachytherapy; Prostate brachytherapy; Prostate cancer; Seed segmentation; Ultrasound guided brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; NEEDLES; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RADIOTHERAPY; ULTRASONICS; UROLOGY;

3D ULTRASOUND IMAGES; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHICKEN TISSUE PHANTOMS; POSITION AND ORIENTATIONS; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PROSTATE CANCERS; SEED SEGMENTATION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

AGAR;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHICKEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745666819     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2207132     Document Type: Article

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